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Wellington bids for marine hub status
Can the winds of Wellington help the capital city to join Auckland and become a marine industry hub?

Rush of interest in quake inquiry
62 parties have expressed interest in making submissions to the inquiry into why so many buildings were destroyed by the Canterbury earthquakes.

Fran O'Sullivan: Taupo quake a sharp reminder of risks
Quake-ravaged Canterbury and Auckland are clearly the two major infrastructural challenges facing New Zealand.

Soccer: Phoenix fans not worried by moving rumours
The thought of the Wellington Phoenix moving to Auckland has not gone down well with the football club's staunch supporters.

Paul Thomas: To this beholder, Wellywood fails the Angelina Jolie test
If the Wellywood sign is really going to draw a stream of bucket-list visitors, I guess I'll have to move out.

Paul Holmes: Someone give me a sign that it's not Wellywood
Is 'Wellywood' the best all those pointy heads in the self-proclaimed cultural capital can come up with?

Judgment Day? Yeah, right
That was Skeptics Society chair Vicki Hyde's response to billboards claiming the world will end on May 21.